For-Profit Hospitals

Continuing Promise 2008 Complete

By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Amy Kirk, Continuing Promise 2008 Public Affairs USS KEARSARGE (NNS) -- USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), along with various embarked units, departed Georgetown, Guyana Nov. 22 to begin transit...

Report compares hospitals' finances - roanoke.com

The data include profit margins and charity care totals for Carilion Clinic and Lewis-Gale Medical Center.Three months after Carilion Clinic received national scrutiny for what critics say is its role in driving up health care...

Med school checkup - roanoke.com

The Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine is growing and looking for ways to recruit talent back to the region.When Dr. Dixie Tooke-Rawlins moved to Blacksburg in 2001 there was one practicing doctor of...

More than 130 to lose jobs in region - roanoke.com

With signs of the economic crisis still prominent, three companies in Western Virginia are laying off workers and eliminating positions.A lighting manufacturer, hospital chain and logistics company intend to lay off more than...

Fitch: U.S. For-Profit Hospitals' Industry Performance Begins to Weaken

The U.S. for-profit hospital industry showed some signs of weakness during the third quarter, as detailed in the special report 'Fitch's For Profit Hospital Industry Quarterly Diagnosis: Third Quarter 2008.' In addition,...

Centerpoint nurses seek to leave union

A year and 10 days after voting to unionize, nurses at Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence have submitted a petition to decertify from Nurses United Local 5126, an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers’ health...

HCA job cuts may affect 100 employees

38-bed Sumner hospital to close ER, move services By Getahn Ward • THE TENNESSEAN • November 19, 2008 HCA Inc. is closing the emergency department and most other operations at its 38-bed hospital in Portland, Tenn., a decision...

Hospitals fight plan for N.J. center

Leaders of both of Rockland's acute-care hospitals are opposing a plan for a new for-profit facility just over the county line in Bergen County, N.J., where Pascack Valley Hospital operated until it went bankrupt a year ago.

Plan approved for Goochland Co.'s first hospital - roanoke.com

RICHMOND -- Goochland County could have its first hospital in 2012. Virginia Health Commissioner Dr. Karen Remley has approved HCA Inc.'s proposal to build a $183 million hospital in the West Creek business park between...

Hospitals Hoping for Increased Insurance Coverage As Economy Falters (at Seeking Alpha)

by: Mike Havrilla November 09, 2008 | about stocks: Mike Havrilla About this author: (click to enlarge) The combination of a bad economy and rising unemployment is contributing to unpaid bills and operating losses at U.S...

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